Camac Woods

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Location	Philadelphia, PA, United States
Modern Address	17th St. and Columbia St.
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Description	Shiffert, "Base Ball in Philadelphia" says the Olympic Club (1857) and later the Minerva used these grounds. The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 1860, lists the city's BBCs and where they play. The Athletic and Olympic played at Camac's Woods.
Sources	Shiffert, "Base Ball in Philadelphia"
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice

Clubs

Club	Years	Edit Association with Field
Athletic Club of Philadelphia	1860
Minerva Base Ball Club of Philadelphia	1857
Olympic Club of Philadelphia	1857 and on

Games

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1860-07-24	Philadelphia		PA	Olympic Club of Philadelphia	St. George’s Cricket Club of Philadelphia	25 - 17		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-09-24	Philadelphia		PA	Excelsior Club of Brooklyn	Philadelphia picked nine	15 - 4		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-11-12	Philadelphia		PA	Equity Club of Philadelphia	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	29 - 17		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1860-11-17	Philadelphia		PA	Minerva Base Ball Club of Philadelphia	Leola Club of Philadelphia			Craig Waff
Ballgame	1861-05-23	Philadelphia		PA	Picked Nine	Picked Nine			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1861-07-04	Philadelphia		PA	Picked Nine	Picked Nine			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1861-10-12	Philadelphia		PA	Olympic Club of Philadelphia	Adriatic Club of Philadelphia	25 - 17		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-04-24	Philadelphia		PA	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	Athletic Club of Philadelphia			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1862-05-26	Philadelphia		PA	Keystone Club of Philadelphia	Adriatic Club of Philadelphia			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1862-06-20	Philadelphia		PA	Adriatic Club of Philadelphia	Keystone Club of Philadelphia	41 - 18		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1862-07-01	Philadelphia		PA	Picked Philadelphia Nine	Picked Brooklyn Nine	16 - 10		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1862-07-01	Philadelphia		PA	Philadelphia Picked nine	Brooklyn Picked nine	22 - 9		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1862-07-03	Philadelphia		PA	Philadelphia Picked nine	Brooklyn Picked nine	41 - 5		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1862-07-17	Philadelphia		PA	Keystone Club of Philadelphia	Adriatic Club of Philadelphia			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1862-08-28	Philadelphia		PA	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	Mutual Club of New York	17 - 10		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-10-04	Philadelphia		PA	Olympic Club of Philadelphia	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	19 - 18		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-10-21	Philadelphia		PA	Amalgamated Nine of Philadelphia	Eckford Club of Brooklyn	8 - 39		Eric Miklich
Ballgame	1862-10-23	Philadelphia		PA	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	Eckford Club of Brooklyn	25 - 32		Eric Miklich
Ballgame	1862-10-30	Philadelphia		PA	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	Nassau Club of Princeton			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1862-10-31	Philadelphia		PA	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	Olympic Club of Philadelphia	19 - 10		Craig Waff
Ballgame	1862-11-05	Philadelphia		PA	Minerva Base Ball Club of Philadelphia	Athletic Club of Philadelphia	11 - 25		Bob Tholkes

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